{"id":"MET-ATL-031","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Cobb County, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners","authority":"Cobb County Code §§ 34-2, 34-7; Declaration of Emergency of Mar. 24, 2020","instrument":"Order Pursuant to Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County Permitting Temporary Resumption of Operations by Sterigenics for the Sterilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Necessary to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic","title":"Order permitting Sterigenics (2971 Olympic Industrial Drive) to resume operations solely to sterilize PPE","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25 (filed 5:39 p.m.)","end":"Limited to the emergency term; activity limited to PPE sterilization","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SUPPLY","EMER"],"addressees":["Sterigenics U.S., LLC (Cobb County facility)"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that Sterigenics\u0027 facility, located in Cobb County at 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive, is temporarily permitted to resume operations for the sole purpose of sterilizing PPE necessary to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.... 2. Activity at the Facility is limited to the sterilization of PPE that is necessary to stem and combat the spread of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, as specifically requested by the FDA.","enforcement":"County emergency order","functions":["SC supply chain (PPE sterilization; 200 truckloads of PPE awaiting sterilization recited)","IC infection control supplies for hospitals"],"notes":"Supply-chain instrument: FDA\u0027s March 19, 2020 letter to the Governor and State officials\u0027 request that Cobb County permit the shuttered ethylene-oxide sterilizer to reopen for PPE. Shows local emergency power directed at the medical supply chain.","sourceUrl":"https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2020-03/3%2725%20Limited%20Emergency%20Declaration.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200419192038id_/https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2020-03/3%2725%20Limited%20Emergency%20Declaration.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":244819,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-031","citation":"Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Order Pursuant to Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County Permitting Temporary Resumption of Operations by Sterigenics for the Sterilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Necessary to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-031)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-030","MET-ATL-032"]}